Large brush fire burns near ef griffin road and highway 98, Highland City FL
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a large brush fire occurred near EF Griffin Road and Highway 98 in Highland City, Florida. Multiple fire and forestry units worked together to control the fire and prevent it from spreading into nearby woodlines and swamp areas.
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03:51
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00:00
30, ain't any engine to stroke 303, Thomasville Avenue.
00:05
Jack 5, 1242.
00:12
3040, command.
00:16
Yes,
00:19
Sir, could you send your county resources to the area where the first bulldozer tied in on the fire? One of our engines is down there and he needs assistance to keep it out of the swamp.
00:34
Engine 28, patient content under control.
00:38
Patient contact is under control, select pack four.
00:45
Bobby, I got one brush truck in here, I'll send up that way.
00:49
I'm down by the foot, so if you're up by the head of the fire, I'll send them up that way.
00:57
Proud of that.
00:58
Yeah,
00:59
Just behind where the two barns are in the house,
01:02
There's a swamp just south of there, and that's the swamp that he's referring to.
01:07
It's a swamp right there.
01:11
So is that going to be still in the burned area, or does he have to go through the entrance off of US 98 to get to the structures that you're referring to?
01:21
So it would be inside the pasture where the main part of the fire is.
01:27
I copy.
01:30
Come in to tell anyone.
01:39
I have brush 24 filling up now that's going to head to the structures.
01:45
What I can do is have brush 23.
01:48
Once they're done filling up,
01:50
Head back out towards where you're at.
01:53
This is for Forestry.
01:56
Do you see Forestry's brush trucks?
02:01
That's affirmative.
02:03
I have a visual on one.
02:07
That's where they need you.
02:10
I copy. The fire down here is starting to head into this wood line.
02:14
So I'm going to have Brush 7 hit that real quick and then I'll send them up that way so it doesn't make it into this woodline where we have no access.
02:23
That's what they want is to send all your brush truck that you have to assist them.
02:28
That's their main focus right now to keep it out of that wood line.
02:34
It gets into a swamp.
02:39
Copy. Brush 7 will cover that line on that side to make it all the way now.
02:49
We'll be complete.
02:50
Take sure, Diesel.
02:53
Complete, complete.
02:56
Copy.
02:58
Copy.
02:59
We'll still be in route.
03:00
The computer's got me on.
03:05
I have it.
03:07
It's right to 39, actually going to like pack 10, 35s, then route to this as well.
03:22
I'm coming back 10, 35s, then route to this as well.
03:30
I'm coming back going back.
03:33
Copy. Come back through Perkle, head back up to where you're working and assist the forestry up at the head.
03:40
I have Brush 7 continue to work around this way, back up that way.
03:48
I copy. Come back in, work up my way at the forester.
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Location mentioned:
EF Griffin Rd & US-98, Highland City, FL 33813
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